WESTERN CARBONS LTD
Company number 03131499 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Western Carbons Ltd is a financially robust, cash-generative niche manufacturer with a 30-year track record, £6.66M in net assets, and exceptional liquidity. However, its position in the coal processing sector creates a fundamental strategic tension: the business must deploy its considerable financial resources to diversify beyond fossil-carbon dependency before ESG pressures and regulatory headwinds erode its current market position. The primary strategic imperative is transforming accumulated financial strength into a sustainable growth platform through targeted investment in higher-value, lower-carbon product categories.
Shareholders' funds
£5,612,250
Balance sheet as at 2021-03-31
What it does
processing and supply of coal
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1995-11-28
- Employees
- 50 (2026 accounts · was 47 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Unit 3 The Queensway, Fforestfach, Swansea, SA5 4DJ
- Postcode
- SA5 4DJ
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-20
- Next due by
- 2026-12-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 2 resigned
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| J M FUELS LIMITED | 1998-07-10 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GOETRE HALL, TRAPP, LLANDEILO, DYFED, SA19 6TS | 2013-12-08 |
| UNIT 3 QUEENSWAY SWANSEA WEST BUSINESS PARK SWAN, THE QUEENSWAY FFORESTFACH, SWANSEA, SA5 4DJ, WALES | 2013-12-08 |
| CARNGLAS CHAMBERS, 95 CARNGLAS ROAD, TYCOCH, SWANSEA SA2 9DH | 1995-12-05 |
| CARNGLAS CHAMBERS, 95 CARNGLAS ROAD, TYCOCH, SWANSEA SA2 9DH | 1995-12-05 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 121 similar companies in SA
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (50 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1995.
No.5 of the largest other manufacturing not elsewhere classified companies in Swansea →
Competitors Swansea
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3. CULTECH LTD
This company ranks 5 among other manufacturing not elsewhere classified in Swansea.
The class of 1995
52%
of the 319 companies in this sector incorporated in 1995 are still active today; 45% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Freehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2013-11-19
- Where
- Swansea (3), Carmarthenshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA277576 | Swansea | Freehold | 2013-11-19 | — |
| CYM594113 | Swansea | Freehold | 2013-07-31 | — |
| CYM594240 | Swansea | Freehold | 2013-07-31 | — |
| WA867660 | Carmarthenshire | Freehold | 1999-12-02 | — |
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